Saturday, November 17, 2007

Willow Bends Jewelry is a small shop that specializes in beaded bracelets--bracelets that catch the light and sparkle with their delicate structure--and the designs come in several basic patterns.

There are daisy chains in a variety of colors (the amethyst is my favorite), bracelets with netting (in iridescent pastels), and bracelets with multiple strands (like this one with four strands in beautiful blues and greens). But I'm saving my favorites for last. The Criss-Cross bracelet pictured at the top has carefully interwoven strands of blue and green that remind me of rippling waves and the Flower Trellis bracelet pictured at right which has lovely frosted golden beads dangling like yellow roses on a wall. I can't decide which I like better--though the blues and greens of the first bracelet probably win by a nose.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention--custom orders are welcome so if you see a pattern you like but would like different color you can get one of these bracelets made to your specifications for no additional cost.

Thanks to the kindness of Willow Bends Jewelry you'll get to decide which of these bracelets you like best if you're the winner of this week's random drawing. The winner gets to pick one Willow Bends bracelet for their very own, here's how to win:

Before 12 am Monday go to the giveaway entry form on this page and enter your name and email. I will pick one of the names at random, contact the winner via their email and publish the winner's first name and home town in next Tuesday's post. See the bottom of the entry form for more details.

I'm sorry but this giveaway is only open to those with a United States' mailing address. Good luck!